Rust Brown #8B3103

About this color

#8B3103 is a dark, moderately saturated brown. In OKLCH its lightness is 44%, its chroma 0.132 and its hue 41°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Rust Brown. White text reads best on it, at 8.27:1.

Colors that go with Rust Brown

Matches found by rotating Rust Brown around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Rust Brown

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Rust Brown, closest first.

• Pomelo Slice
• Regal and Velvet
• Lime Squeeze
• Cabinet and Whiteboard
• Canyon Caravan
• Terracotta Garden
• Disco Kitchen
• Sumac Jar

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Rust Brown, with their ΔE distance.

• Red Brown #8B2E16 ΔE 0.014
• Brown Red #922B05 ΔE 0.017
• Brick Red #8F1402 ΔE 0.042
• Saddle Brown #8B4513 ΔE 0.043
• Burnt Red #9F2305 ΔE 0.043
• Auburn #9B2226 ΔE 0.051
• Russet #A13905 ΔE 0.051
• Brick #A03623 ΔE 0.051

More about Rust Brown

• Shades of brown
• What brown means

How to make Rust Brown

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 2 parts brown
• 1 part red

Recipe result: #854028, a difference of ΔE 0.035 from Rust Brown. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

What colors make brown? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Rust Brown in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Rust Brown

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 800.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FCF3F0

   oklch(97% 0.011 39.4)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F8E5DF

   oklch(93.5% 0.022 38.3)

3. Step 200

   200

   #F3D0C4

   oklch(88.4% 0.043 39.8)

4. Step 300

   300

   #EDB19A

   oklch(81% 0.077 41.9)

5. Step 400

   400

   #E18562

   oklch(70.8% 0.124 41.4)

6. Step 500

   500

   #D66233

   oklch(63.1% 0.158 41.2)

7. Step 600

   600

   #C14500

   oklch(55.6% 0.171 41.1)

8. Step 700

   700

   #A33900

   oklch(49.1% 0.151 41.1)

9. Step 800

   800 (this color)

   #8B3103

   oklch(43.9% 0.132 41.3)

10. Step 900

    900

    #6D2A0D

    oklch(37.7% 0.103 41.2)

11. Step 950

    950

    #40190A

    oklch(26.9% 0.066 40.6)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Rust Brown with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.